"Whoever answers, that's who I mean." The Great World Tree replied without the slightest courtesy.
Netherworld did not take offense. Instead, he cheerfully turned his gaze toward Richard beside the Great World Tree.
"Then you must be the Dominator from that foreign civilization."
Richard looked at Netherworld. He seemed no different from an ordinary member of the Gloomhaven Tribe—if anything, he was even thinner and weaker-looking. Yet those eyes made him almost impossible to look at directly.
The instant Richard met those eyes, he felt as though he had been sucked into a blood-red world. Within that crimson world, a terrifying Netherworld, like a savage ghost, stared at him without blinking.
Suddenly, a cool current flowed into Richard's soul.
It was the soul protection specifically prepared by the Dominator Puppet.
Richard's consciousness broke free from the illusion. He nodded slightly at Netherworld. "That's me. Then you must be the Gloomhaven Tribe's chieftain, the Dominator of Netherworld."
Netherworld froze for a moment, surprise flashing through his eyes.
Richard, a Dominator who had not broken his limits, had actually escaped his Gloomhaven Kingdom so quickly.
Even the Curse Demon Emperor of the Curse Demon Empire would suffer if caught unprepared by his Gloomhaven Kingdom. Yet this Dominator from another civilization had broken free in less than a millisecond after falling into it.
Even though he had not unleashed the Gloomhaven Kingdom at full force, the strength of this Dominator before him could not be underestimated.
"That's right. You look somewhat familiar, sir. Could you be a wizard from the Wizard Civilization behind us?"
"Your eyes are sharp. That is indeed the case."
Netherworld was about to say more when two Dimensional Gates opened beside him.
From one gate emerged a four-limbed humanoid creature with wings on its back and the head of